Which to use
“vintage” and “visage” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,379
- “vintage” frequency rank
- #38,235
- “visage” frequency rank
- 43614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vintage | visage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season. | Countenance; one's face. |
Where the eye mixes vintage and visage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses vintage with visage
A purely visual mix-up. vintage (/ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/) and visage (/ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vintage is recorded at frequency rank #5,379, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/. visage is at rank #38,235, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43614, this pair ranks #238,296 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vintage vs visage
Shared letters: aegiv. Private to "vintage": nt. Private to "visage": s.
"vintage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "visage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vintage" and "visage" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "vintage" or "visage"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "vintage" and "visage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vintage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,296 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vintage" and "visage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visage vs vise". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #238,296 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.